Non-normal Distributions in SPC - How do I Normalize Data?

[aproddutoor]

Hi Bob

Can you tell me how good a book is this?

https://www.amazon.com/Jurans-Quality-Handbook-Joseph-Juran/dp/007034003X/ref=cm_cr_pr_product_top

I read the customer reviews, they say its a QA Bible.

Did you read it?

Thanks

 

[bobdoering]

I have the fourth edition, and it is indeed the quality bible. Have I read it? Not cover to cover, but I do reference it when needed. IMHO it can be some dry reading, I will say. Depending on the topic and one's desire for depth of knowledge, other books can be a little easier to digest or more direct to a particular topic. But, I would highly recommend having this book available as a reference!

 

[Jim Wynne]

I have the fourth edition, and it is indeed the quality bible. Have I read it? Not cover to cover, but I do reference it when needed. IMHO it can be some dry reading, I will say. Depending on the topic and one's desire for depth of knowledge, other books can be a little easier to digest or more direct to a particular topic. But, I would highly recommend having this book available as a reference!

Ditto--It's a good thing to have around. If anyone has ever actually read it-- as one would a novel--I don't want to meet him.

 

[aproddutoor]

I want to know how good this book is?

https://www.amazon.com/Quality-Toolbox-Nancy-R-Tague/dp/0873896394/ref=cm_cr_pr_product_top

I liked parts that I read from the google reviews.

The customer reviews look good too.

It's up to the point. Is it worth buying?

Thanks

 

[Bev D]

Perhaps we should move this portion of the thread to a new thread as it is now off topic from the original post/title...

that said: the aforementioned book is OK - but I see it more as the Cliff's Notes of Quality tools. I have it. It's a nice compilation of almost of all of the tools and a brief first description of how to use them. But for the more complex tools the subtleties are not there for you to use them well. depending on what topic you are interested in, you are better served by purchasing a well respected book form a well respected author.

for example if you want to understand SPC, I would recommend purchasing Wheeler's book and "innovative control charting" by Wise and Fair...the subject book won't help you with odd processes that are not from homogenous random process streams...it won't help with %void question that some of us have been responding to...

 

[bobdoering]

Perhaps we should move this portion of the thread to a new thread as it is now off topic from the original post/title...

I agree. You may want to pose your questions about quality reference books to this Forum location:
Book, Video, Blog and Web Site Reviews and Recommendations

...for example if you want to understand SPC, I would recommend purchasing Wheeler's book and "innovative control charting" by Wise and Fair...the subject book won't help you with odd processes that are not from homogenous random process streams...it won't help with %void question that some of us have been responding to...

Well said! I agree with those recommendations, too, as starting points. But, as Bev infers, when it comes to the actual application, there is no book that will allow you to plug and chug to every possibility. It takes some understanding of the process, the statistics, and the errors.